CVE-2024-57917

/// Technical description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

topology: Keep the cpumask unchanged when printing cpumap

During fuzz testing, the following warning was discovered:

different return values (15 and 11) from vsnprintf("%*pbl

", ...)

test:keyward is WARNING in kvasprintf

WARNING: CPU: 55 PID: 1168477 at lib/kasprintf.c:30 kvasprintf+0x121/0x130

Call Trace:

kvasprintf+0x121/0x130

kasprintf+0xa6/0xe0

bitmap_print_to_buf+0x89/0x100

core_siblings_list_read+0x7e/0xb0

kernfs_file_read_iter+0x15b/0x270

new_sync_read+0x153/0x260

vfs_read+0x215/0x290

ksys_read+0xb9/0x160

do_syscall_64+0x56/0x100

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x78/0xe2

The call trace shows that kvasprintf() reported this warning during the

printing of core_siblings_list. kvasprintf() has several steps:

(1) First, calculate the length of the resulting formatted string.

(2) Allocate a buffer based on the returned length.

(3) Then, perform the actual string formatting.

(4) Che

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References